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Buildings and Design
Economic Instruments
Energy and Greenhouse
International Development
Local Government
Planning
Science Policy
Social Policy
Sustainable Development
Transport and Urban Form
Water Futures

 

Buildings and Design

Reardon, C. & Marker, A. 2002, 'Your Home - Australia's new sustainable home design guide', Sustainable Building 2002, Oslo 23-25 September 2002.

Your Home: Design for Lifestyle and the Future. Your guide to comfortable living, building buying and renovating. http://www.yourhome.gov.au

Environment Australia, April 2001, 'Product Innovation: The Green Advantage: an Introduction to Design for Environment for Australian Business' Available from Department of Environment and Heritage website http://www.deh.gov.au/about/publications/index.html
http://www.deh.gov.au/settlements/industry/finance/publications/producer.html

Environment Australia, April 2001 'Shop Smart Buy Green: A consumer's guide to saving money and reducing environmental impact'.Available from Department of Environment and Heritage website http://www.deh.gov.au/about/publications/index.html
http://www.deh.gov.au/settlements/industry/corporate/eecp/publications/shop.html

Sustainability Design Guidelines for Urban Release Areas: A Masterplan Approach for Developers. Prepared by Institute for Sustainable Futures, on behalf of Penrith City Council by Scott Woodcock, September 2000. Download PDF

Economic Instruments

Atherton, A., Mathieson, B., Mitchell, C. & Pamminger, F. 2008, 'Accounting for environmental costs to inform strategic decision-making - exploring Yarra Valley Water's experience', Enviro 08 Australiasia' Environmental & Sustainability Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia. View/Download paper

Riedy, C.J. 2007, Energy and Transport Subsidies in Australia: 2007 Update, [prepared for Greenpeace Australia Pacific], Institute for Sustainable Futures, Sydney. View/Download paper

Diesendorf. M. 2002, 'Sustainable Economics and Business' InFoRM 2000 National Workshop on Integrated Food Production and Resource Management, February 2002. Download PDF

Institute for Sustainable Futures 2001, Independent Review of Container Deposit Legislation in New South Wales, Prepared for Hon Bob Debus MP, Minister for the Environment, Sydney, November 2001. Executive summary.
The three volumes of this report are available here:
Volume 1: Extended Producer Responsibility: Principles, policy and practice in NSW
Volume 2: Costs and Benefits of Container Deposit Legislation in NSW
Volume 3: Consultation and Social Research

White, S., Sarac, K., Bubna-Litic, K., Samson, J., Riedy, C. 2001, 'State and Local Taxes in Australia: Towards Sustainability' Australian Tax Research Foundation Research Study No. 35. Available for $44.000 including GST plus $1.47 for postage within Australia. Please fax your request including your contact and credit card details to ARTF on 02 9335 7053. More details & availability

Bubna-Litic, K. & de Leeuw, L. 1999, 'Can our taxation system support 'new' sustainable industries?, Environmental & Planning Law Journal 16: 140-8.

Bubna-Litic, K. 1998, 'Environmental taxes: a gaping hole in the tax reform debate', Australian Environment Review 13 (11): 7-8.

Bubna-Litic, K & de Leeuw, L 1998, 'Can our taxation system support "new" sustainable industries? - the argument for ecotaxes', Ecobiz98 Conference, Adelaide.

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Energy and Greenhouse

Dunstan, C., Abeysuriya, K. & Shirley, W. 2008, Win, Win, Win: Regulating Electricity Distribution Networks for Reliability, Consumers and the Environment: Review of the NSW D-Factor and Alternative Mechanisms to Encourage Demand Management, [prepared for the Total Environment Centre], Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney. Download/view (PDF, 1.2MB)

Mason, C. 2008, 'Submission to Garnaut Review on Climate Change', Sydney, Australia. Download/view

Riedy, C.J. 2007, Energy and Transport Subsidies in Australia: 2007 Update, [prepared for Greenpeace Australia Pacific], Institute for Sustainable Futures, Sydney. View/Download paper

Riedy, C. 2005, 'Integrating Exterior and Interior Knowledge in Sustainable Development Policy', in C Star (ed), Ecopolitics XVI: Transforming Environmental Governance for the 21st Century , Ecopolitics Association of Australasia/Centre for Governance and Public Policy.

Riedy, C. 2005, 'The Eye of the Storm: An Integral Perspective on Sustainable Development and Climate Change Response', PhD thesis, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, May 2005, http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20050603.101829/

Tarlo, K. 2003, 'Comparing the Roles of Coal and Sustainable Energy in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions', Towards Zero Emissions Conference, Brisbane, 21 July 2003. Download PDF

Riedy, C. and Diesendorf, M. 2003, 'Financial Subsidies and Incentives to the Australian Fossil Fuel Industry', Energy Policy, 31 (2) 125-137.

Institute for Sustainable Futures, 2002, 'Why brown coal should stay in the ground: greenhouse implications of the proposed expansion of brown coal exploration and mining in Victoria. Report prepared for the Climate Action Network Australia (CANA) Download PDF

Biswas, W., Bryce, D. & Bryce, P. 2001, Technology in Context for Rural Bangladesh: The Options from an Improved Cooking Stove for Women, ISES 2001 World Solar Congress, Adelaide, 25 November - 2 December 2001. Download PDF

Diesendorf, M. 'The treatment of technology development in energy models', International Journal of Global Energy Issues.

Diesendorf, M., 2000, 'Energy scenarios in global economic models of greenhouse gas reduction', International Journal of Global Energy Issues Vol 13.

Sarac, K.(editor), 2000, Proceedings of an issues and opportunities forum held by Institute for Sustainable Futures with the Australian Centre for Co-Operative Research and Development on 'The New Competitive Energy Market: How Co-operatives and Regional Australia Can Benefit', 14 December 2000. Download PDF

Diesendorf, M., 2000 , 'A critique of the Australian government's greenhouse policies', in Gillespie, A. & Burns, W.C.G (eds) Climate Change in the South Pacific: Impacts and Responses in Australia, New Zealand, and Small Islands States, Kluwer, pp. 79-93. ISBN 0-7923-6077-x

Diesendorf, M. 1998, 'Australian economic models of greenhouse abatement', Environmental Science & Policy 1:1-12.

Diesendorf, M. 1997, 'Greenhouse response in the energy sector', in: Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds), Human ecology, human economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, Chap. 8, pp.197-242. ISBN 1 86448 288 5.

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International Development

Willetts, J., Crawford, P. & Mitchell, C. 2007, 'Learning about learning: Critical to improving development outcomes', Measuring Effectiveness Conference 2007: Communities and Development, 10-11 September 2007, Melbourne. download powerpoint presentation.

Willetts, J. and Crawford, P. 2007 'The most significant lessons about the Most Significant Change technique' Development in Practice, Vol 17, No 3, pp367-379.

Nelson, C., Willetts, J. & Bryce, P. 2005, 'Transdisciplinarity and Development Research: New ways of thinking about development.' Paper prepared for: AEGIS Conference, SOAS, London, 29th June 2005.

Nelson, C., Willetts, J. & Bryce, P. 2005, 'Transdisciplinary Research and Mozambique: Finding a new pathway to old problems.', AFSAAP Conference, UNE, Armidale, 25-27 November 2005. Download PDF

Biswas, W., & Mitchell, C. 2001, 'Appropriate Biogas Technology for Sustainable Rural Development in Bangladesh: Increasing the Scope for Use of Spent Slurry', International Ecological Engineering Conference, 26-29 November 2001, Lincoln University, New Zealand.

Biswas, W., Bryce, P. & Diesendorf, M. 2001, 'Model for empowering rural poor through renewable energy technologies in Bangladesh', Environmental Science & Policy.
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Biswas, W., Bryce, P. & Diesendorf, M. 2001, 'Photovoltaic Technologies for Poverty Alleviation in rural Bangladesh: a specific strategy', Conference proceedings from Community Technology 2001 International Conference on Governance & Sustainable Technology in Indigenous & Developing Communities, 4-7 July 2001, Perth. Download PDF

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Local government

Carson, L., White, S., Hendriks, C. & Palmer, J. 2003,"Combining a Televote and Citizens' Jury in a Legislative Review" in J. Font (ed.) Public Participation and Local Governance, Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, Barcelona.

Banfield, K. 1999, 'ESD initiatives in local government', Eco Forum-4, Report of forum by Sustainable Eco Solutions Institute and Ecological Architects Assoc., Sydney, April, pp.1-3
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O'Rourke, A. 1999, 'Integrating Environmental Management Systems into Council Management Plans' Integrating EDS into Local Government Policy and Practice, Sydney, March 1, 1999.

O'Rourke, A. 1998, 'Using Sustainability Indicators Strategically in Local Government', State of the Environment Reporting in Practice, Sydney, December 1998.

Banfield, K. and Sperling, K. 1999, 'ESD in Plan Making', NSW Royal Australian Planning Institute Conference, November 1999. Download PDF

Griffiths, E. 2000, 'Integrating SoERs and Management Plans - Myth or Reality?', SoE Conference, May 2000. Download PDF

Griffiths, E. 2000, 'A Sustainable Future: Local Communities meeting the Challenge through Environmental, Social and Economic Initiatives', Australian Local Government Women's Association Conference, 9-12 March 2000. Download PDF

 

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Planning

Grob, S. 2005 Corporate Shopping .. small change for the planet National Association of Women in Construction, NSW Chapter News, Issue 59.

Grob, S. & Benn, S. 2005 'Promulgating Sustainability through Sustainable Purchasing: The Role of Alliances and Networks', Asia Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies, Melbourne, Victoria, December 2005.

Grob, S. 2005 'Actors, Alliances Action - the roles played by organisations in setting the scene for sustainable procurement' Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management Operations Management Symposium.

Grob, S. & McGregor, I. 'Sustainable organisational procurement - a progressive approach towards sustainable development' International Journal of Environment, Workplace, and Employment (IJEWE) ˆ Vol 1 3-4.2005.

Mitchell, C. and Campbell, S. 2004 'Synergy in the City: making the sum of the parts more than the whole' 2nd IWA Leading Edge Conference on Sustainability in Water Limited Environments, Sydney 8-10 November 2004. Download PDF

Zeibots, M.E. 2002, 'The macroeconomic structure of cities: indicators for sustainable urban infrastructure development', Regional Cycles: regional economy towards sustainability, Leipzig, 1 November 2002. Download PDF

Kuiper, G. 2001, Connecting Science and Policy? A Case Study of the use of "Australia: State of the Environment 1996", Detecting Environmental Change, Science and Society, 17-20 July 2001, London, UK.

Kuiper, G. and Penman, R. 2001, Environmental Information, Decision-Making and Communicating, Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference on Communication and Environment, 27-30 July 2001, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sperling, K. 1999, 'If caution really mattered', Environmental Planning and Law Journal, Vol 16, No. 5, pp 425-440

Sperling, K. 1998, 'Subdivision versus sustainability', Ecopolitics Conference, 1998.

Sperling, K. 1998, 'How green is my backyard? Protection of the atmosphere, law and urban planning', in: N. Rogers (ed.), Green Paradigms and the Law, Lismore: Southern Cross University Press.

Sperling, K. 1997, 'Going down the takings path: private property rights and public interest in land-use decision-making', Environmental and Planning Law Journal 14: 427-436.

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Science Policy

Martin, B. & Diesendorf, M. (eds) 1999,' Accountability in Research' Vol. 6, No.2, Special Issue on 'Suppression of Research Data'

O'Rourke, A. 1999, 'Ethics of the Introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms', First Australian Consensus Conference on Genetically Modified organisms in the food chain Australian Museum, CSIRO & The Australian Consumers Association, Canberra 9-11 March.

Diesendorf, M. 1998, 'Comment on the Kyoto conference', Ecological Economics Bulletin 3(1): 40-41.

Diesendorf, M, Colquhoun, J & Spittle, B 1998, 'Fluoridation and bones: authors' response to critics', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health 22:165-67 (letter).

Diesendorf, M., Colquhoun, J., Spittal, B.J., Everingham, D.N. and Clutterbuck, F.W. 1997, 'New evidence on fluoridation', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health 21: 187-190

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Social Policy

Partridge, Emma, (2007), Strategies to engage people in activism and advocacy: research report, prepared for the Cancer Council (NSW), by the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney. Download/view

Partridge, E. 2005 'Social sustainability': a useful theoretical framework?' Australasian Political Science Association Annual Conference , Dunedin, New Zealand, 28-30 September 2005. Download PDF

Cheney, H., Katz, E. & Solomon, F. 2004 'Sustainability and Social Science Round Table Proceedings', Published by the Institute for Sustainable Futures, Sydney and CSIRO Minerals, Melbourne, July 2004

Cheney, H., Willetts, J. & Wilson, E. 2003 'Not just for me: researching rural needs through dialogue', New Community Quarterly, 1 (4) 13-15.

Carson, L., White, S., Hendriks, C. & Palmer, J. 2003, 'Combining a Televote and Citizens' Jury in a Legislative Review' in J. Font (ed.) Public Participation and Local Governance, Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, Barcelona.

Wilson, E. & Cheney, H. 2003, 'Meeting the family support needs of rural GPs via a rural community development approach' 7th National Rural Health Conference, Hobart, March 2003. Download PDF

Cheney, H.E., Campbell, S. & Wilson, E. 2003, 'The 21st Century GP: recruitment and retention in rural Australia', [prepared for The Royal Australian Collge of General Practitioners], Institute for Sustainable Futures, Sydney. Download/view

Cheney, H.E., Willetts, J.R., Wilson, E. 2003, 'The Practice of Flexible Practice', [prepared for The Royal Australian Collge of General Practitioners] Institute for Sustainable Futures, Sydney. Download/view

Willetts, J., Cheney, H. & Wilson, E. 2008, 'Working from home: a solution to the employment of rural medical spouses?' [prepared for The Royal Australian Collge of General Practitioners] Institute for Sustainable Futures, Sydney. Download/view

Cheney, H.E., Cordwell, P., Miller, J., Nheu, N., O'Neill, G. & Vecellio, L. 2003, Local perspectives on weirs in the Upper Nepean, [prepared for Hawkesbury Nepean Expert Panel] Institute for Sustainable Futures, Sydney. Download/view

Cheney, H.E., Nheu, N. & Vecellio, L. 2004, 'Sustainability as social change', Sustainability and Social Science: Round Table Proceedings, ISF and CSIRO, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, 8 December 2003, pp. 225 -246. Download/view

Carson, L., White, S., Hendriks, C. and Palmer, J. 2002, 'Community Consultation in Environmental Policy Making' The Drawing Board: An Australian Review of Public Affairs. Vol 3, Number 1: July 2002, 1-13 ISSN 1443-8607. Download PDF

Entel, M. and Hamilton, N.T.M. 1997, 'Dynamics of spatial redistribution of population in Australia'. ModSim 97 Conference, Hobart, December.

Majchrzak-Hamilton, G. and Hamilton, N.T.M. 1997, 'Socio-economic deprivation of Australia's Stolen Generation', People and Place, 5 (4) 28-35.

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Sustainable Development

Willetts, J. and Mitchell, C. 2006. Learning to be a Transdisciplinary Researcher: A Community of Practice Approach', 12th ANZSYS Conference, Sustaining Our Social and Natural Capital, Katoomba, NSW, 3-6th December. Download/view paper

Herriman J., Willetts, J., and Partridge, E. 2006. Learning together for Sustainability: The Value of Group Based Peer Learning, 12th ANZSYS Conference, Sustaining Our Social and Natural Capital, Katoomba, NSW, 3-6th December. Download/view paper

Mitchell, C., Carew, A. & Clift, R. 2004, 'The Role of Engineers and Scientists in Sustainable Development' in Sustainable Development in Practice: Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists, eds. A Azapagic, S. Perdan & R. Clift, University of Surrey, UK. Download PDF order form

Berry, T., Carson, L. and White, S. 2003, 'We are all stakeholders: participatory decision-making and corporate sustainability' Corporate Social Responsibility and Environment Conference, University of Leeds, 30 June - 1 July 2003. Download PDF

McGregor, I. 2002, 'Is Australia progressing towards ecologically sustainable development?' ANZ Society for Ecological Economic Conference, Sydney, 4-6 December 2002. Download PDF

Diesendorf, M., 2001, 'Models of sustainability and sustainable development', International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology. Vol. 1, No.2, pp109-122.

A Carew and C A Mitchell (2001) What do Engineering Undergraduates need to Know, Think or Feel to Understand Sustainability Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Brisbane, Sept 2001. Download/view paper

Picton, T. & Daniels, P. (1999), 'Ecological restructuring for sustainable development - evidence from the Australian economy', Ecological Economics. Vol 29, Issue 3, p405-425. Download/view PDF

Diesendorf, M. 2000, 'Sustainability and sustainable development', in T.Loughland ed. 2000, Southern Crossings. Pointers for Change. Conference Proceedings from The Australian Association for Environmental Education Inc. (AAEE), International Conference on Environmental Education, 14-18 January 1999, Sydney, AAEE.ISBN #0957833407

Diesendorf, M., 2000 (in press), 'Models of sustainability and sustainable development' International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology.

Diesendorf, M., 2000, 'Sustainability and sustainable development', in Dunphy, D, Benveniste, J, Griffiths, A and Sutton, P (eds) Sustainability: The corporate challenge of the 21st century, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, chap. 2, 19-37 (DM8-BC) IBN 186 508 2287 (contact publisher)

Edwards, M. 2000, 'Parochialism and Empowerment: Responding to Ecococolonialism and Globalisation in the Southwest Pacific', in A. Gillespie & WC Burns (eds) Climate Change in the South Pacific: Impacts and Responses in Australia, New Zealand, and small island states, Kluwer, Chapter 13 (vc -cm) ISBN 0-7923-6077-x

Edwards, M. 1999, 'Security Implications of a worst-case scenario of climate change in the Southwest Pacific', Australian Geographer Vol 30, No 3, p311-330. Download/view.

Diesendorf, M. 1998, 'Models of sustainability and sustainable development', Beyond growth: policies & institutions for sustainability, 5th Biennial Conference of International Society for Ecological Economics, Santiago, November 1998.

Diesendorf, M. 1998, 'The fate of the ESD recommendations on greenhouse response in the energy sector', in: C. Hamilton & D. Throsby (eds), The ESD Process: Evaluating a Policy Experiment, Canberra: Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, pp.41-52 (contact publisher)

Diesendorf, M. 1998, 'What can we do to protect our environment?', Uniya Focus (newsletter of Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre), No. 34, October.

Picton, T. & Daniels, P. 1998, 'Ecological restructuring and the Australian economy', Australian Journal of Environmental Management 5 (4) 200-212.

Picton, T. 1998, 'Aluminum as a "green metal": is the problem really the solution?' Mining Monitor pp. 297-302.

Picton, T. 1998, 'Aluminum as a "green metal": is the problem really the solution?', in: AI Schafer, L Basson & BS Richards (eds), Environmental Engineering Research Event, Sydney: UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science & Technology, December, pp. 297-302.

Diesendorf, M. and Hamilton, C. (eds) 1997,' Human ecology, Human economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future', Allen & Unwin, Sydney. ISBN 1 86448 288 5.

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Transport and Urban Form

Mason, C. 2008, 'Submission to Garnaut Review on Climate Change', Sydney, Australia. Download/view

Zeibots, M. 2007, Before and After the Motorway: a review of methodologies used to investigate the occurrence of induced traffic growth in international and Australian Cities, [prepared for Department of Environment and Climate Change, RailCorp and the Department of Planning], Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney. Download/view (PDF, 3.5MB)

Partridge, E. 2007 'Active Transport for Childcare Centres: a case study and resource for councils' Published by SSROC, in association with Marrickville Council, Sutherland Shire Council, Waverley Council, The Institute for Sustainable Futures, the Centre for Local Government (UTS), the Sydney South West Area Health Service and the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service. Download PDF

Atherton, A., Riedy, C. & White, S. Moving On: The RTBU's Public Transport Blueprint for Sydney report prepared for the Rail, Tram and Bus Union, NSW Branch, December 2006. Download PDF (1.7 MB)

Atherton, A., Riedy, C. & White, S. Moving On: The RTBU's Public Transport Blueprint for Sydney: Summary Paper. prepared for the Rail, Tram and Bus Union, NSW Branch, December 2006. Download PDF (2.7 MB)

Zeibots, M.E. & Petocz, P. 2005 'The relationship between increases in motorway capacity and declines in urban rail passenger journeys: a case study of Sydney's M4 Motorway and Western Sydney Rail Lines', 28th Australasian Transport Research Forum, Sydney, September 2005. Download/view

Campbell, S. & White, S. 2005 'Integrated Resource Planning for Transport: asking better questions.' Urban Transport 2005 Conference, 12 - 14 April 2005, Algarve, Portugal. Download PDF.

Mitchell, C. and Campbell, S. 2004 'Synergy in the City: making the sum of the parts more than the whole' 2nd IWA Leading Edge Conference on Sustainability in Water Limited Environments, Sydney 8-10 November 2004. Download PDF

Zeibots, ME. 2004, 'Rethinking transport evaluation methods: do we have the best tools to help us make cities more sustainable?' 4th Conference of the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development, Cardiff, 22-25 March 2004.

Least Cost, Greatest Impact: a discussion paper on the applicability of Least Cost Planning to transport in Australia, Institute for Sustainable Futures, November 2003. Download PDF

White, S. & Campbell, S. 2003, Our Public Transport - A Community View, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney. Download/view (PDF, 2.5MB)

Zeibots, M.E. 2003, 'Before and after Sydney's M4 Motorway: did it make the city more sustainable?', State of Australian Cities National Conference, Parramatta, 3-5 December 2003. Download PDF.

Zeibots, M.E. 2003, 'How do cities work and why is transport so significant?: regional sustainability and the search for new evaluation tools', Second meeting of the Academic Forum of Regional Government for Sustainable Development, Perth, 17-19 September 2003. Download PDF.

Zeibots, M.E. 2003, 'Before and after opening of the M4 Motorway from Mays Hill to Prospect: Sydney case studies in induced traffic growth' ISF Working Paper Download PDF

Zeibots, M.E. 2002, 'The macroeconomic structure of cities: indicators for sustainable urban infrastructure development', Regional Cycles: regional economy towards sustainability, Leipzig, 1 November 2002. Download PDF

Riedy, C (2001), Public subsidies and incentives to fossil fuel production and consumption in Australia, a draft discussion paper. Download PDF

Mason, C. and Lake, R. 2001,Transport Access for Job Seeking: a pilot program Published by GROW, Sydney's Area Consultative Committee. For more information.

Mason, C. 2000, 'Healthy people, places and transport', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2000 vol.10 no.3, December, pp.190-196.

Mason, C. and Bargwanna, S. 2001 'Urban roads. A health asset' Royal Australian Planning Institute (NSW) Conference, May 2001. Download PDF

Mason, C. 2000, 'Transport and health: en route to a healthier Australia?' The Medical Journal of Australia Vol 172, No 5 pp230-232 Download PDF

Mason, C. 2000, 'Mobility management in Australia: reflections on programs by trip generators for intra-city accessibility', 4th European Conference on Mobility Management, 17-19 May 2000, Bregenz, Austria Download PDF

Mason, C., Black, J., Stanley, K. 1999, 'Travel Demand Management: Policy Context and an Application by the University of New South Wales as a Large Trip Generator' Transport Engineering in Australia, vol 5, No. 2.

Banfield, K. 2000, 'Recognising Ecological Obligations in Planning', Northern Region Royal Australian Planning Institute Limits to Growth Forum, June 2000.
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Diesendorf, M. 2000, 'Urban Transportation in the 21st Century', Environmental Science & Policy, invited editorial. Vol 3:1, pp11-13.

Banfield, K., Hutabarat, R. & Diesendorf, M. 1999, 'Sydney's passenger transport: accounting for different modes', ATRF99 23:269-285 Download PDF

Diesendorf, M. 1999, 'Big roads big bills', Australasian Science 20 (4): 34-35.

Diesendorf, M. & Gollner, A. 1999, 'Second airport or second best?', Sydney Morning Herald 16 June.

Diesendorf, M. 1999, 'All choked up over our love affair with the car', Sydney Morning Herald, 30 November.

Gollner, A., Dowling, R. & O'Dwyer, B. 1999, 'Gender perspective on urban car use: a qualitative case study', Urban Policy & Research 17(2) Download/view

Hutabarat, R., Banfield, K., Gollner, A. & Diesendorf, M. 1999, 'Social sustainability in passenger transport', Proceedings of Australasian Environmental Engineering Conference, Auckland, 131-136. Download PDF

Kuiper, G. 1999, 'Carr, cars and more carsS', Seeing Green, UTS Environment Handbook, pp.31-3.

Kuiper, G. 1999, 'Clean air 2000', Seeing Green, UTS Environment Handbook, pp.42-6.

Kuiper, G. 1999, 'Global warming is good for you?', Seeing Green, UTS Environment Handbook, pp.28-30.

Kuiper, G. 1999, 'Wheels in the revolution', Seeing Green, UTS Environment Handbook, pp.6-8.

Banfield, K. 1997, Should Planners Under-Provide Car Parking? NSW Royal Australian Planning Institute Conference, September 1997. Download PDF

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Water Futures

Mitchell, C.A., Retamal, M.L., Fane, S.A., Willetts, J.R., Davis, C. 2008, 'Decentralised water systems - creating conducive institutional arrangements', Enviro 08 Australiasia' Environmental & Sustainability Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia. View/Download paper Mitchell, C.A., 2008, 'Restorative Water Systems: making a new paradigm real', Enviro 08 Australiasia' Environmental & Sustainability Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia. View/Download paper

Giurco, D., Carrard, N.R., Wang, X., Inman, M., Nguyen, M. 2008, 'Innovative smart metering technology and its role in end-use measurement', 3rd National Water Efficiency Conference (Water Efficiency 2008), AWA, Sydney, 31 March 2008. View/Download paper

Fane, S.A. & Schlunke, A.D. 2008, 'Opportunities for more efficient toilets in Australia - how low can we go?', 3rd National Water Efficiency Conference (Water Efficiency 2008), AWA, Sydney, 31 March 2008. View/Download paper

Mitchell, C., Fane, S., Willetts, J., Plant, R. & Kazaglis, K. 2007 'Costing for Sustainable Outcomes in Urban Water Systems: A Guidebook', CRC for Water Quality and Treatment Research Report 35. Download PDF

Turner, A., White, S., Kazaglis, A. and Simard, S. 2007 'Have we achieved the savings? The importance of evaluations when implementing demand management', IWA Efficient 2007, May 2007.

White, S., Turner, A., Fane, S. and Giurco, D. 2007 'Urban Water Supply - Demand Planning: two illustrative examples', IWA Efficient 2007, May 2007. Download/view

Snelling, C., Turner, A., Riedy, C. White, S. and Cummings, S. 2007 'Where does the water go? Best practice stock modeling for water using appliances' IWA Efficient 2007, May 2007.

Turner, A., Willetts, J., White, S. and Cubillo, F. 2007 'The International Demand Management Framework: Outcomes of Stage 1' IWA Efficient 2007, May 2007. Download/view

Willetts, J., Fane, S. and Mitchell, C. 2007. 'Making decentralised systems viable: a guide to managing decentralised assets and risks' in proceedings of International Water Association (IWA) Advanced Sanitation Conference, March 12-13th, Aachen, Germany. Download PDF

Willetts, J. and Mitchell, C. 2007 'Transdisciplinarity as a source of insights for sustainable sanitation' in proceedings of International Water Association (IWA) Advanced Sanitation Conference, March 12-13th, Aachen, Germany (download 4MB PDF)

Mitchell, C., Willetts, J. and Carrard, N. 2007, 'Getting the Basics Right: Water and Sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific', WaterAid Australia and World Vision. Download PDF (1MB)

Abeysuriya, K., Mitchell, C. & Willetts, C. 2006, Kuhn on Sanitation: dignity, health and wealth for the children of the revolution, Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), New Delhi, India. View/download

Turner, A. and White, S. 2006. 'WDM down under' Water Demand Management Bulletin, Environment Agency UK, Issue 79, October 2006, p4. View/download

Turner, A. & White, S. 2006 'Does demand management work over the long term? What are the criticial success factors?' Sustainable Water in the Urban Environment II Conference, Sippy Downs, Queensland. Download/view

White, S. 2005 'The coast, the dam and in-between: issues for Manly's future', presentation to the Manly Futures Forum, 24 September 2005, Manly Council. Download summary. Download presentation (1.2MB). See also http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/Content.aspx?PageID=40&ItemID=34

Turner, A., White, S., Smith, G., Al Ghafri, A., Aziz, A & Al-Suleimani, Z. 2005 'Water Efficiency - A Sustainable Way Forward for Oman' Stockholm Water Symposium, Workshop 5. Download PDF

White, S, Cordell, D. & Turner, A. 2005 'A single planning framework applicable to urban water management around the world: an International Demand Management Framework'. World Water Week, Stockholm.

White, S. & Fane, S. 2005 'Planning for environmental flows: an advanced least cost approach to Sydney's demand-supply balance.' World Water Week, Stockholm

Turner, A. 'IWA's International demand management framework', Demand Management Bulletin , No 73 October 2005 Download PDF

Fane, S., Willetts, J., Abeysuriya, K. & Mitchell, C., Etnier, C. & Johnstone, S. 2005 'Decentralised wastewater systems: an asset management approach' Water Asset Management International 1.3 5-9 Download PDF

Willets, J., Mitchell, C. & Fane, S. 2005, 'Ideas and Tools to Shape Long-term Management and Investment in Decentralised Wastewater Infrastructure' Onsite 05: Performance Assessment for On-site Systems: Regulation, operation and monitoring, University of New England, Armidale. Download/view PDF.

Willets, J., Mitchell, C. 2005, 'What Does "Best Practice" Mean For Managing On-site Systems?' Onsite 05: Performance Assessment for On-site Systems: Regulation, operation and monitoring, University of New England, Armidale. Download/view

Abeysuriya, K., Mitchell, C. & Willetts, C. 2005, 'Cost recovery for urban sanitation in Asian countries: insurmountable barrier or opportunity for sustainaiblity?', Australian New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics conference, Palmerston, New Zealand, December 2005. Download PDF

Turner, A., White, S. & Bickford, G. 2005 'The Canberra Least Cost Planning Case Study', International Conference on the Efficient Use and Management of Urban Water, Santiago, Chile, 15-17 March 2005. Download PDF

Turner, A., White, S., Beatty, K. & Gregory, A. 2005 'Results of the Largest Residential Demand Management Program in Australia', International Conference on the Efficient Use and Management of Urban Water, Santiago, Chile, 15-17 March 2005. Download PDF

Holt, P.K., Barton, G.W. & Mitchell, C.A. 2004 'Deciphering the science behind electrocoagulation to remove suspended clay particles from water' Water Science and Technology 50 (12) 177-184. Download PDF

Holt, P.K., Barton, G.W. & Mitchell, C.A. 2004 'The future for electrocoagulation as a localised water treatment technology' Chemosphere vol 59, no.3, pp 355-367 Download PDF

Fane, S., Turner, A. and Mitchell, C. 2004 'The Secret Life of Water Systems: Least Cost Planning Beyond Demand Management' 2nd IWA Leading Edge Conference on Sustainability in Water Limited Environments, Sydney 8-10 November 2004. Download PDF

Mitchell, C., Turner, A., Cordell, D., Fane, S. & White, S. 2004 'Water conservation is dead: long live water conservation' 2nd IWA Leading Edge Conference on Sustainability in Water Limited Environments, Sydney 8-10 November 2004. Download PDF

Turner, A., White, S., Beatty, K. & Gregory, A. 2004, 'Results of the Largest Residential Demand Management Program in Australia' Biennial World Water Congress, Marrakech, Morocco 19-24 September 2004. Download PDF

Turner, A., Campbell, S. & White, S. 2004, 'Methods Used to Develop an End Use Model & Demand Mangement Program for an Arid Zone' Biennial World Water Congress, Marrakech, Morocco 19-24 September 2004. Download PDF

Fane, S., Willetts, J., Abeysuriya, K., Mitchell, C., Etnier, C. and Johnstone, S. 2004, 'Evaluating reliability and life-cycle cost for decentralized wastewater within the context of asset management', 1st International Conference on Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Recycling/6th Specialist Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems, Fremantle, Australia, February 11-13, 2004. Download PDF

White, S., Robinson, J., Cordell, D., Jha, M., & Milne, G. 2003, Urban Water Demand Forecasting and Demand Management: Research Needs Review and Recommendations. Occasional paper No. 9 - November 2003. Water Services Association of Australia. Download PDF

White, S. and Turner, A. 2003, 'The Role of Effluent Reuse in Sustainable Urban Water Systems: Untapped Opportunities' National Water Recycling in Australia Conference, Brisbane, September 2003. Download PDF

Mitchell, C. and White, S. 2003, 'Forecasting and backcasting for sustainable urban water futures' Water Vol 30 No 5, August 2003. Download PDF

Cordell, D.J., Robinson, J.E. & Loh, M.T.Y. 2003, 'Collecting Residential End Use Data from Primary Sources: Do's and Dont's', Efficient 2003: Efficient Use and Management of Water for Urban Supply Conference, Tenerife, 2-4 April 2003. Download PDF

Fane, S. and White, S. 2003, 'Levelised cost, a general formula for calculations of unit cost in integrated resource planning' Efficient 2003: Efficient Use and Management of Water for Urban Supply Conference, Tenerife, 2-4 April 2003. Download PDF

Turner, A., Campbell, S. & White, S. 2003, ' End Use Modelling & Water Efficiency Program for Arid Zones: The Alice Springs Experience' Efficient 2003: Efficient Use and Management of Water for Urban Supply Conference, Tenerife, 2-4 April 2003. Download PDF

Chanan, V., White, S., Jha, M., & Howe, C. 2003, 'Sustainable Water Management in Commercial Office Buildings' Innovations in Water: Ozwater Convention & Exhibition, Perth, 6-10 April 2003. Download PDF

Mitchell, C. and White, S. 2003, 'Sustainable Urban Water Service Systems', Innovations in Water: Ozwater Convention & Exhibition, Perth, 6-10 April 2003. Download PDF

White, S., Milne, G & Riedy, C. 2003, 'End Use Analysis: Issues and Lessons' Efficient 2003: Efficient Use and Management of Water for Urban Supply Conference, Tenerife, 2-4 April 2003. Download PDF

White, S., and Campbell, S. 2002, 'Integrated Water Service Provision: Opportunities and Implications on the NSW North Coast' Healthy Rivers Commission of New South Wales Occasional Paper OCP 1007. Download PDF

Day, D. and Howe, C., 2002, 'Forecasting Peak Demand - What Do We Need to Know?' International Water Association Congress, Melbourne, April 2002. Download PDF

Sarac, K., Day, D. and White, S. 2002, 'What are we Saving Anyway: The Results of Three Water Demand Management Programs in NSW'. International Water Association Congress, Melbourne, April 2002. Download PDF

Day, D. and White, S. 2002, 'Minimum Performance Standards for Showerheads in Australia - the Benefits and the Barriers' International Water Association Congress, Melbourne, April 2002. Download PDF

Jha, M., Mouritz, M., Smith, P., Fane, S., 2001, 'Integrated Water Management System in An Urban Redevelopment In Sydney' International Ecological Engineering Conference, 26-29 November 2001, Lincoln University, New Zealand.

Jha, M. 2002, 'Institute for Sustainable Futures' Water, March 2002 pp97-98.

Fane, S.A., Robinson, D. and White, S.B. 2002 'The Use of Levelised Cost in Comparing Supply and Demand Side Options for Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment. 'Proceedings of the International Water Association Congress, Melbourne April 2002. Download PDF

Fane, S.A. and White, S.B., 2001 'What are the Implications of Distributed Wastewater Management in Inner Sydney?' International Ecological Engineering Conference, 26-29 November 2001, Lincoln University, New Zealand.

White, S.B. 2001 'Demand Management and Integrated Resource Planning in Australia' presented at Efficient Use and Management of Water for Urban Supply. 21-23 May 2001, Madrid. Download PDF

Mitchell, C. and McNevin, D. 2001 ' Alternative analysis of BOD removal in subsurface flow constructed wetlands employing Monod kinetics.' Water Research 35(5):1295-1303

Sarac, K., Kohlenberg, T., Davison, L., Bruce, J.J. & White, S. 2001 'Septic System Performance: A study at Dunoon, Northern NSW' Conference proceedings from On-site '01, 25-27 September 2001, Armidale
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Fane, S.A., Ashbolt, N.J., White, S.B., 2001 'Decentralised urban water reuse: the implications of system scale for cost and pathogen risk' Paper presented at IWA-2001 Berlin World Water Congress, Berlin 15-19 October 2001
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White, S.B. And Fane, S.A. 2001 'Designing Cost Effective Water Demand Management Programs in Australia' Paper presented at IWA-2001 Berlin World Water Congress, Berlin 15-19 October 2001
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White, S. 2000 ' Water Demand Management and Conservation', Water Supply vol 18, No 1. PP-163-175 IWA Publishing. Download PDF

Fane, S., & Ashbolt, N., 2000, 'A methodology for assessing comparative pathogen impact from novel wastewater recycling systems'. Water Recycling Australia 2000, Adelaide. Download PDF

Malmqvist, PA. N. Ashbolt, S. Fane, D. Hellstrom, U. Jeppsson, H. Soderberg, 2000, Assessing Alternative Wastewater systems in Hammarby Sjostad Stockholm. Proceedings Decision Support in Civil Engineering 2000, Lyon

McNevin D., King A., Harrison M., David K, Mitchell, M 2000 'Towards an integrated performance model for subsurface flow constructed wetlands.' Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A - Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering. 35(8):1415 - 1430

Edgerton, B.D., McNevin, D., Wong, C.H., Menoud, P., Barford, J.P. and Mitchell, C.A. 2000, 'Strategies for dealing with piggery effluent in Australia: the SBR as a solution' Water Science and Technology 41(1):123-126.

Crennan, L. 1999, 'Tonga institutional development project: composting toilet trial', Final Report to AusAID, April 1999.

Cartwright, T., White, S. and Carew. A, 1999, 'Rigorously reducing sewage flows - case study of water conservation in Mount Victoria', Water Down the Track- Victoria and NSW Branches of AWWA Joint Regional Conference 21 to 23 October 1999, Albury.

Carew, A., Robinson, D. and White, S., 1999 'The benefits of indoor water efficiency for on-site system nperformance' in Patterson. R. (ed) Proceedings of On-site '99 conference: Making on-site wastewater systems work. Armidale 13 - 15th July 1999. PP:75 - 83.

Holt, P., Barton, G. and Mitchell, C. 1999, 'Electrocoagulation as a wastewater treatment'. The Third Annual Australian Environmental Engineering Research Event, 23-26 November, Castlemaine, Victoria. Download PDF

Howe, C. and White, S., 1999 'Integrated resource planning for water and waste water: Sydney Case Studies' Water International, Vol 24, No 4. 356-362. Download PDF

Simi, A. L. and Mitchell, C. A., 1999, 'Design and hydraulic performance of a constructed wetland treating oil refinery wastewater' Water Science and Technology 40(3):301-308

White, S. 1999, 'Integrated resource planning in the Australian water industry', CONSERV99, American Water Works Association, Monterey, California, February.

White, S.B., Finlayson, G.M. and Robinson, D.A. (submitted) 1999, 'Reducing wastewater flows: costs and benefits', 18th Federal Convention of the Australian Water and Wastewater Association, Adelaide April 1999.

Carson, L. and White, S. 1998, 'The Sydney Water contamination crisis: manufacturing dissent', Science & Public Policy 25(4): 265-271.

Fane, S., Robinson, D. & White, S. 1998, 'Reduce, reuse or recycle? Economic evaluation of measures for improving environmental outcomes from wastewater systems', in: AI Schafer, L. Basson & BS Richards (eds), Environmental Engineering Research Event, Sydney: UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science & Technology, December, pp. 363-8.

Mitchell, C., Weise, R. and Young, R. 1998, 'Design of Wastewater Wetlands'. Chapter 17 in Constructed Wetlands Manual, Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney, NSW pp256-289

White, S. & Howe, C. 1998, 'Water efficiency and reuse: a least cost planning approach', Proceedings of the 6th NSW Recycled Water Seminar, November.
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White, S., 1998, 'Regulating for Economic Water Efficiency', Discussion Paper presented to the National Working Group on Water Conservation, Canberra, May 1998.

White, S., 1998, 'Sustainable water management: a demand side approach', WaterTECH conference, Brisbane 1998.

White, S. (ed) 1998, Wise Water Management: a Demand Management Manual for Water Authorities, Sydney: Water Services Association of Australia. ISBN 1 875298 87 8.

White, S. 1994, 'The efficiency of water use: a preliminary assessment of options for improving water efficiency in the Sydney region', an initial report for comment prepared for the Water Board as part of the Sydney Water Project, Nature Conservation Council of NSW Inc. November 1994.


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